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H.J.Res. 37, 106th Congress

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations.

Originated in the House · Introduced Mar 11, 1999 · Taxation

Sponsor

Joe Barton

Latest action

Apr 15, 1999

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

CRS summary

As of Mar 11, 1999

Introduced in House

Constitutional Amendment - Requires that any bill, resolution, or other legislative measure changing the internal revenue laws shall require for final adoption in each House the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of that House voting and present, unless the bill is determined at the time of adoption, in a reasonable manner prescribed by law, not to increase the internal revenue by more than a de minimis amount. States that for purposes of determining any increase, there shall be excluded any increase resulting from the lowering of an effective rate of any tax. Requires journal entry of any vote.

Permits the waiver of such requirement, for up to two years, if there is a declaration of war or if the United States is engaged in a military conflict which causes an imminent and serious threat to national security and is so declared by a joint resolution which becomes law.

Congressional Research Service, via api.congress.gov (public domain)

Roll-call votes

1 on record

Apr 15, 1999 · On Passage

Full roll call

Failed (229–199)

294 of 434 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea: 229 (57 R · 7 D)

MemberPartyState
RAMSTAD, James—MN
McCOLLUM, Ira William, Jr.—FL
TRAFICANT, James A., Jr.—OH
CASTLE, Michael Newbold—DE
WELLER, Gerald C.—IL
SHADEGG, John B.—AZ
BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner—MD
GEKAS, George William—PA
McINNIS, Scott—CO
SCHAFFER, Robert W.—CO
PETERSON, John—PA
ROUKEMA, Margaret Scafati—NJ
CANADY, Charles Terrance—FL
FLETCHER, Ernest L.—KY
FOSSELLA, Vito John—NY
MCCRERY, James O., III—LA
STUMP, Robert Lee—AZ
BALLENGER, Cass—NC
LAHOOD, Ray H.—IL
LaTOURETTE, Steven C.—OH
GILLMOR, Paul Eugene—OH
COX, Charles Christopher—CA
SHERWOOD, Don—PA
RYUN, Jim—KS
EHLERS, Vernon James—MI
GOODE, Virgil H., Jr.—VA
GORDON, Barton Jennings—TN
GUTKNECHT, Gilbert W.—MN
SWEENEY, John E.—NY
RILEY, Robert—AL
FRANKS, Robert Douglas—NJ
BUYER, Stephen Earle—IN
KASICH, John Richard—OH
ARMEY, Richard Keith—TX
MALONEY, James H.—CT
BILBRAY, Brian P.—CA
HAYWORTH, John D., Jr.—AZ
ROEMER, Timothy John—IN
SPENCE, Floyd Davidson—SC
DOOLITTLE, John Taylor—CA
HOBSON, David Lee—OH
COMBEST, Larry Ed—TX
BONILLA, Henry—TX
HANSEN, James Vear—UT
ARCHER, William Reynolds, Jr.—TX
GREENWOOD, James Charles—PA
BARCIA, James A.—MI
LUCAS, Ken—KY
TANCREDO, Thomas G.—CO
BASS, Charles Foster—NH
SKEEN, Joseph Richard—NM
SOUDER, Mark Edward—IN
SHAYS, Christopher H.—CT
DAVIS, Thomas M., III—VA
TAUZIN, Wilbert Joseph—LA
BARR, Bob—GA
GREEN, Mark—WI
COOKSEY, John—LA
NORTHUP, Anne Meagher—KY
WATKINS, Wesley Wade—OK
HUTCHINSON, Asa—AR
MANZULLO, Donald A.—IL
BARRETT, William E.—NE
REYNOLDS, Thomas M.—NY
PEASE, Edward Allan—IN
BIGGERT, Judy Borg—IL
RADANOVICH, George P.—CA
TAYLOR, Gary Eugene—MS
KOLBE, James Thomas—AZ
LARGENT, Steve—OK
WILSON, Heather—NM
KNOLLENBERG, Joseph—MI
CRANE, Philip Miller—IL
HILLEARY, Van—TN
BLILEY, Thomas Jerome, Jr.—VA
KUYKENDALL, Steven T.—CA
GANSKE, Greg—IA
LAZIO, Enrico A.—NY
POMBO, Richard William—CA
McHUGH, John Michael—NY
DICKEY, Jay W., Jr.—AR
EHRLICH, Robert L., Jr.—MD
HORN, John Stephen—CA
GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas—MD
YOUNG, Charles William—FL
TAYLOR, Charles Hart—NC
JOHN, Christopher—LA
PACKARD, Ronald C.—CA
BRYANT, Ed—TN
FOWLER, Tillie Kidd—FL
PAUL, Ronald Ernest—TX
DeLAY, Thomas Dale—TX
BOSWELL, Leonard L.—IA
STEARNS, Clifford Bundy—FL
WELDON, Wayne Curtis—PA
SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV—MO
HEFLEY, Joel M.—CO
CANNON, Christopher B.—UT
CUBIN, Barbara L.—WY
KELLY, Sue W.—NY
GIBBONS, James A.—NV
HULSHOF, Kenny—MO
REGULA, Ralph Straus—OH
SANDLIN, Max A.—TX
PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr.—MS
DeMINT, James W.—SC
COOK, Merrill—UT
EVERETT, Robert Terry—AL
LEWIS, Ron—KY
CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr.—AL
SCARBOROUGH, Charles Joseph—FL
WAMP, Zachary Paul—TN
COLLINS, Michael Allen—GA
CUNNINGHAM, Randall—CA
DUNN, Jennifer Blackburn—WA
HOEKSTRA, Peter—MI
ETHERIDGE, Bobby R.—NC
BILIRAKIS, Michael—FL
ROGAN, James E.—CA
EMERSON, Jo Ann—MO
CONDIT, Gary Adrian—CA
MYRICK, Sue—NC
METCALF, Jack—WA
QUINN, John Francis—NY
SMITH, Nick H.—MI
TALENT, James Matthes—MO
DEAL, John Nathan—GA
NEY, Robert William—OH
JENKINS, William Lewis—TN
BURTON, Danny Lee—IN
LEACH, James Albert Smith—IA
ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan—PA
WATTS, Julius Caesar, Jr.—OK
NORWOOD, Charles W., Jr.—GA
MILLER, Daniel—FL
HASTERT, John Dennis—IL
BERRY, Robert Marion—AR
ANDREWS, Robert Ernest—NJ
GOSS, Porter J.—FL
DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln—FL
BONO, Mary—CA
FOLEY, Mark A.—FL
WELDON, David Joseph—FL
HERGER, Walter William—CA
OXLEY, Michael Garver—OH
GOODLING, William Franklin—PA
SHOWS, Clifford Ronald—MS
GALLEGLY, Elton W.—CA
GILMAN, Benjamin Arthur—NY
FORBES, Michael Patrick—NY
NUSSLE, James Allen—IA
HUNTER, Duncan Lee—CA
NETHERCUTT, George R., Jr.—WA
CALLAHAN, Herbert Leon—AL
BAKER, Richard Hugh—LA
ISTOOK, Ernest James, Jr.—OK
PRYCE, Deborah D.—OH
EWING, Thomas W.—IL
SUNUNU, John E.—NH
HAYES, Robert Cannon—NC
SAXTON, Hugh James—NJ
OSE, Doug—CA
McINTOSH, David Martin—IN
TIAHRT, Todd—KS
CHENOWETH-HAGE, Helen P.—ID
Brad ShermanDemocratCA
Loretta SanchezDemocratCA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocratGA
Mike McIntyreDemocratNC
Frank Pallone, Jr.DemocratNJ
Carolyn McCarthyDemocratNY
Gene GreenDemocratTX
Don YoungRepublicanAK
Robert B. AderholtRepublicanAL
Spencer BachusRepublicanAL
Matt SalmonRepublicanAZ
Dana RohrabacherRepublicanCA
Edward R. RoyceRepublicanCA
Gary G. MillerRepublicanCA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeonRepublicanCA
Ken CalvertRepublicanCA
John L. MicaRepublicanFL
Jack KingstonRepublicanGA
Johnny IsaksonRepublicanGA
Saxby ChamblissRepublicanGA
Tom LathamRepublicanIA
Michael K. SimpsonRepublicanID
John ShimkusRepublicanIL
Jerry MoranRepublicanKS
Ed WhitfieldRepublicanKY
Harold RogersRepublicanKY
Dave CampRepublicanMI
Fred UptonRepublicanMI
Roy BluntRepublicanMO
Roger F. WickerRepublicanMS
Howard CobleRepublicanNC
Richard BurrRepublicanNC
Walter B. JonesRepublicanNC
Lee TerryRepublicanNE
Christopher H. SmithRepublicanNJ
Frank A. LoBiondoRepublicanNJ
Rodney P. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNJ
Peter T. KingRepublicanNY
John A. BoehnerRepublicanOH
Rob PortmanRepublicanOH
Steve ChabotRepublicanOH
Frank D. LucasRepublicanOK
Tom CoburnRepublicanOK
Greg WaldenRepublicanOR
Joseph R. PittsRepublicanPA
Patrick J. ToomeyRepublicanPA
Lindsey GrahamRepublicanSC
Mark SanfordRepublicanSC
John ThuneRepublicanSD
John J. Duncan, Jr.RepublicanTN
Joe BartonRepublicanTX
Kay GrangerRepublicanTX
Kevin BradyRepublicanTX
Lamar SmithRepublicanTX
Mac ThornberryRepublicanTX
Pete SessionsRepublicanTX
Ralph M. HallRepublicanTX
Sam JohnsonRepublicanTX
Bob GoodlatteRepublicanVA
Frank R. WolfRepublicanVA
Doc HastingsRepublicanWA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.RepublicanWI
Paul D. RyanRepublicanWI
Thomas E. PetriRepublicanWI

Nay: 199 (72 D · 1 I)

MemberPartyState
HYDE, Henry John—IL
WISE, Robert Ellsworth, Jr.—WV
MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby—WV
ALLEN, Thomas H.—ME
WATT, Melvin L.—NC
LEWIS, Charles Jeremy—CA
PICKETT, Owen Bradford—VA
MORELLA, Constance A.—MD
BENTSEN, Kenneth E., Jr.—TX
BERMAN, Howard Lawrence—CA
STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr.—CA
PORTER, John Edward—IL
HOEFFEL, Joseph M.—PA
HOSTETTLER, John Nathan—IN
LINDER, John Elmer—GA
JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr.—IL
MOORE, Dennis—KS
ROTHMAN, Steven—NJ
CLEMENT, Robert Nelson—TN
KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks—MI
WEXLER, Robert—FL
REYES, Silvestre—TX
OWENS, Major Robert Odell—NY
CAMPBELL, Thomas J.—CA
FRANK, Barney—MA
McKINNEY, Cynthia Ann—GA
SAWYER, Thomas Charles—OH
OBEY, David Ross—WI
LAMPSON, Nicholas V.—TX
TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane—CA
TANNER, John S.—TN
MARTÍNEZ, Matthew G.—CA
EVANS, Lane Allen—IL
DEUTSCH, Peter R.—FL
DANNER, Patsy Ann—MO
PHELPS, David Dwain—IL
LUTHER, William Paul—MN
BORSKI, Robert Anthony, Jr.—PA
KUCINICH, Dennis—OH
CLAYTON, Eva M.—NC
HOOLEY, Darlene—OR
SISISKY, Norman—VA
ORTIZ, Solomon P.—TX
TURNER, Jim—TX
BOUCHER, Frederick C.—VA
WEYGAND, Robert A.—RI
RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D.—TX
CLAY, William Lacy, Sr.—MO
OBERSTAR, James Louis—MN
COYNE, William Joseph—PA
LaFALCE, John Joseph—NY
BOYD, F. Allen, Jr.—FL
LANTOS, Thomas Peter—CA
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Juanita—CA
HOUGHTON, Amory, Jr.—NY
HALL, Tony Patrick—OH
TOWNS, Edolphus—NY
McCARTHY, Karen—MO
STRICKLAND, Ted—OH
MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr.—PA
DELAHUNT, Bill—MA
BLAGOJEVICH, Rod R.—IL
HILL, Rick—MT
DREIER, David Timothy—CA
HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea—NY
BERKLEY, Shelley—NV
FORD, Harold, Jr.—TN
BALDACCI, John Elias—ME
WOOLSEY, Lynn C.—CA
MEEHAN, Martin Thomas—MA
MOAKLEY, John Joseph—MA
DOOLEY, Calvin M.—CA
MINK, Patsy Takemoto—HI
JOHNSON, Nancy Lee—CT
STENHOLM, Charles Walter—TX
INSLEE, Jay Robert—WA
WU, David—OR
ABERCROMBIE, Neil—HI
FROST, Jonas Martin—TX
DAVIS, Jim—FL
VENTO, Bruce Frank—MN
KILDEE, Dale Edward—MI
COSTELLO, Jerry Francis—IL
ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard—NY
SABO, Martin Olav—MN
SPRATT, John McKee, Jr.—SC
BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis—NY
THURMAN, Karen L.—FL
KLECZKA, Gerald Daniel—WI
HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy—PA
BATEMAN, Herbert Harvell—VA
BEREUTER, Douglas Kent—NE
MEEK, Carrie P.—FL
GEJDENSON, Samuel—CT
POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III—ND
STUPAK, Bart T.—MI
KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph—RI
DIXON, Julian Carey—CA
KANJORSKI, Paul E.—PA
SNYDER, Victor F.—AR
JEFFERSON, William Jennings—LA
MINGE, David R.—MN
RIVERS, Lynn Nancy—MI
THOMAS, William Marshall—CA
MATSUI, Robert T.—CA
SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr.—FL
BONIOR, David Edward—MI
WEINER, Anthony D.—NY
JONES, Stephanie Tubbs—OH
FILNER, Bob—CA
EDWARDS, Thomas Chester—TX
LIPINSKI, William Oliver—IL
GEPHARDT, Richard Andrew—MO
HILLIARD, Earl Frederick—AL
WALSH, James T.—NY
BARRETT, Thomas M.—WI
McNULTY, Michael Robert—NY
HILL, Baron P.—IN
KLINK, Ronald—PA
PAYNE, Donald Milford—NJ
WYNN, Albert Russell—MD
OLVER, John Walter—MA
GONZALEZ, Charles A.—TX
CARSON, Julia May—IN
MASCARA, Frank R.—PA
BAIRD, Brian—WA
Ed PastorDemocratAZ
Anna G. EshooDemocratCA
Barbara LeeDemocratCA
George MillerDemocratCA
Grace F. NapolitanoDemocratCA
Lois CappsDemocratCA
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratCA
Maxine WatersDemocratCA
Mike ThompsonDemocratCA
Nancy PelosiDemocratCA
Sam FarrDemocratCA
Xavier BecerraDemocratCA
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCA
Diana DeGetteDemocratCO
Mark UdallDemocratCO
John B. LarsonDemocratCT
Rosa L. DeLauroDemocratCT
Corrine BrownDemocratFL
John LewisDemocratGA
Bobby L. RushDemocratIL
Danny K. DavisDemocratIL
Janice D. SchakowskyDemocratIL
Luis V. GutiérrezDemocratIL
Peter J. ViscloskyDemocratIN
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratMA
James P. McGovernDemocratMA
John F. TierneyDemocratMA
Michael E. CapuanoDemocratMA
Richard E. NealDemocratMA
Benjamin L. CardinDemocratMD
Elijah E. CummingsDemocratMD
Steny H. HoyerDemocratMD
Debbie StabenowDemocratMI
John Conyers, Jr.DemocratMI
John D. DingellDemocratMI
Sander M. LevinDemocratMI
Collin C. PetersonDemocratMN
Bennie G. ThompsonDemocratMS
David E. PriceDemocratNC
Bill Pascrell, Jr.DemocratNJ
Robert MenendezDemocratNJ
Rush HoltDemocratNJ
Tom UdallDemocratNM
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratNY
Charles B. RangelDemocratNY
Eliot L. EngelDemocratNY
Gregory W. MeeksDemocratNY
Jerrold NadlerDemocratNY
José E. SerranoDemocratNY
Joseph CrowleyDemocratNY
Louise McIntosh SlaughterDemocratNY
Nita M. LoweyDemocratNY
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratNY
Marcy KapturDemocratOH
Sherrod BrownDemocratOH
Earl BlumenauerDemocratOR
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratOR
Chaka FattahDemocratPA
Michael F. DoyleDemocratPA
Robert A. BradyDemocratPA
James E. ClyburnDemocratSC
Eddie Bernice JohnsonDemocratTX
Lloyd DoggettDemocratTX
Rubén HinojosaDemocratTX
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratTX
James P. MoranDemocratVA
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratVA
Adam SmithDemocratWA
Jim McDermottDemocratWA
Ron KindDemocratWI
Tammy BaldwinDemocratWI
Nick J. Rahall IIDemocratWV
Bernard SandersIndependentVT

Not Voting: 6 (2 D · 1 R)

MemberPartyState
DICKS, Norman DeValois—WA
SHUSTER, E. G.—PA
BROWN, George Edward, Jr.—CA
Henry A. WaxmanDemocratCA
Alcee L. HastingsDemocratFL
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublicanFL

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